Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.4° N, 118.5° W: paleocoordinates 36.9° N, 101.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Juncal Formation, Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Juncal Fm, which unconformably overlies pre-Tertiary gneiss and granitic basement, and is overlain by the Towsley Fm (Pliocene). AGE: late Early Eocene, on the basis of molluscan biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From near the base of the section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: submarine fan; lithified, conglomeratic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Walker et al in 2003-2006; reposited in the LACM

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: S. Walker, and R. Squires, 2005-2006. REPOSITORY: LACMIP, Los Angeles.

Primary reference: R. L. Squires. 2008. Eocene megapaleontology, stratigraphy, and depositional environments, Elsmere Canyon, Los Angeles County, California. Contributions in Science (517)1-16 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 111553: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.06.2011, edited by Katherine Hendy

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